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Job Title:       Institutional Partnership
Development Manager

Organization: SOS
Children’s Villages

Reports to: National
Program Development Advisor

Duty Station: Entebbe,
Uganda

About US:

SOS Children’s
Villages Uganda is an indigenous non-government, social development
organisation affiliated to SOS Children’s Villages International, a worldwide
child care organisation, currently running Children’s Villages and other
projects in 135 countries around the world. SOS has been working in Uganda
since 1991, and runs Children’s Villages and other projects at Kakiri, Entebbe
(Abaita Ababiri), Gulu and in Fort Portal – Kabarole district.

Job Summary:  The Institutional Partnership Development
Manager (IPD) supports the National Association to increase and diversify its
institutional funding base in collaboration with development partners. He / She
works with the National Director and the Program Team to strengthen existing
relationships and establish new relationships with institutional donors. He/she
works together with the NPDA to develop and implement strategies for
institutional partnership to grow the funding portfolio.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

Fundraising and
Donor Liaison

• Identify institutional partnership opportunities at the national/
  local level (from bilateral, multilateral, international organizations and
  embassies and foundations)
• Develop fundable concepts and propels in line with SOS Uganda
  Institutional Policy guidelines.
• Write concept notes and full proposals for both grants and contracts
  under the strategic guidance of the PD or Programme Coordinator. This
  includes background research, stakeholder analysis, data collection &
  analysis, consultation processes, development of narrative, development of
  budget and production all associated documents to a high standard in
  accordance with donor requirements
• Maintain and regularly update information on potential funding opportunities
  for SOS CV Uganda based on thorough research and intelligence gathering
• Coordinate and facilitate consortium formation and proposal
  development processes externally, with consortium and / or local
  implementing partners
• Coordinate capacity assessments of potential local partners to be
  included in proposals
• Develop MOUs, pre-teaming agreements or other required documentation
  in relation to consortium formation and partnership development.
• Develop and maintain good relationships with donors by ensuring
  regular communication, knowledge exchange and effective reporting.
• Work with the National Director, be the link between SOS CV Uganda
  and donors especially in management of institutional funding contracts.
• Ensure regular communication with the SOS CV international and
  regional offices

Donor Contract
Management

• Prepare and submit IPD monthly updates and quarterly reports to the
  National Program Development Advisor and IOR
• Coordinate, monitor and assess the quality of donor reporting making
  sure that donor requirements are met during the project implementation and
  phase
• Be responsible for Donor Contract Management (DCM) of institutional
  (restricted) grants, including contract preparation, development of
  consortium agreements, teaming agreements compliance with donor
  requirements, submission of reports.
• Develop and maintain workspaces in the Grant management Tracker
  system for management of institutional contracts.
• Ensure all funding files, (electronic, system and paper) are
  complete and kept up to date.
• Undertake routine donor contract administration for country
  programmes including maintenance of records on donor contracts.
• Establish a close working relationship with the Finance and Program
  Department and provide advice to ensure synergy in donor budgeting,
  contract management and reporting.
• Responding to needs from IOR on reporting in relation to grant and
  contract information management. 

Strategy, Capacity
Building

• Develop and implement an institutional fundraising and partnership
  strategy in line with the needs of SOS Children’s Villages Uganda and
  ensure this is infused within the global IPD Strategy 2.0 and national
  plans
• Ensure Senior Management are appraised of all strategic
  opportunities, challenges and risks in relation to potential funding
  opportunities, including grants and contracts.
• Analyse the funding environment vis a vis SOS CV Uganda plans and
  priorities, mapping key donors and identifying trends in funding and
  implications for SOS CV Ethiopia
• Review and implement the recommendations of the donor market survey
• Train and support relevant staff in Project Cycle Management and
  Logical Framework Approach among other models and approaches
• Build fundraising capacity within the programme team, by training
  staff on funding policies donor relations, reporting, contract management,
  etc.
• Document learning on the implementation of donor-funded grants and
  contracts, in order to improve understanding of donor requirements and to
  improve SOS CV Uganda performance

Partnership
Development and Networking

• Establish and maintain regular contact with donors by organizing
  donor roundtables, face to face meetings, attending donor forums etc.
• Supporting the National Director, PD Advisor to develop new and
  existing relationships with new donors and potential consortium partners.
• Negotiate collaboration with partner institutions and government
  departments in support of SOS CV Uganda subject to approval from the
  National Director.
• Assess and where possible develop partnerships and consortiums with
  other like-minded organizations for purposes of bidding for large donor
  projects.
• Represent SOS CV Uganda in sector level meetings (development and
  humanitarian/emergency) and other networking forums and use this to
  aggressively develop funding partnerships.
• Participate in regional IPD networking and training forums and
  contribute to development of new IPD strategies to improve practice.
• Developing material to help promote SOS CV Uganda amongst potential
  donors, partners and key Government representatives, including briefings,
  capacity statements and presentations.
• Work closely with the GSC in ESAF and IO in order to ensure
  coordinated contact with donors.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The applicant should hold a Bachelors’ Degree and Masters’ Degree,
  in the social sciences (social work, psychology, social-pedagogy,
  community development or economics).
• Post graduate project management qualification.
• Seven years of working experience in the field of Project Management
• He/she should have 4-7 years extensive experience in planning,
  securing and managing funds from institutional donors as well as a
  thorough understanding of development programming.
• A thorough understanding of program design and development
  especially in the sectors of Education, Health, Livelihoods, Gender and
  GBV, Child Protection, etc.
• Experience in social science research; the candidate should have
  extensive experience conducting assessments, evaluations etc.
• A thorough understanding of DCM, PCM, and training approaches is
  required.
• Demonstrable experience in planning, resourcing, implementing,
  controlling, monitoring & evaluation of and reporting on projects,
  preferably in the social sciences arena, including donor- funded programs.
• Ability to turn a vision into actionable goals and deliverables,
  including coordinating the activities of several program locations (and
  their networks of service providers) around these common goals.
• Ability to challenge conventional thinking, and to influence others
  to develop new, innovative solutions to promote quality child care and
  development, including using broad cross-sector coordination to create
  large-scale social change.
• Understanding of the national legislation, policies, strategies and
  funding mechanisms of SOS Children’s Villages Uganda in relation to child
  care and development.
• Experience in partnership-building, including assessing the
  suitability of partners, and negotiating and formalizing Memorandums of
  Understanding.
• Experience of working with consultants for carrying out baseline
  studies and evaluations of projects, maintaining strong ownership of the
  process while bringing about an informed and objective result.
• Ability to represent SOS Uganda at the highest level, including with
  national bodies and agencies, NGO networks and international donors.
• Ability to link budgets for implementing planned activities and
  programs, as well as understanding of financial reports for tracking
  budget execution.
• Proven experience in leading a team.
• Strong MS office skills, preferably with proficiency in using
  project management software.
• Strong and highly effective communication skills in English
  including excellent report writing skills.
• Willingness to travel within different the regions, as well as
  travel within the Sub-Saharan Africa region for experience-sharing and
  workshops.
• The Candidate should have leadership, and innovation, flexible,
  self-drive and have the ability to work very fast and under strict
  deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal, networking and communication skills with
  the ability to represent SOS CV Uganda in donor forums, develop
  partnerships with other NGOs
• Experience of capacity building non-funding staff in all aspects of
  funding and contract compliance.

Personal Attributes

• Good planning, organizing and coordination skills with attention to
  detail and accuracy.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work well in a team
  and to communicate effectively with colleagues, partners, stakeholders and
  others who are not in the line of command.
• Strong analytic and thinking skills, ability to overcome challenges.
• Ability to manage own time and to work under high pressure.
• Trustworthiness and confidentiality, modelling principled behaviour.
• Commitment to address the situation the children of our target group
  and their families

How to Apply:

All candidates
should submit their applications, updated CVs and academic documents to the
address below:

HR &
Administration Manager

SOS Children’s
Village Uganda

Email to: nationaloffice@sosuganda.org

Deadline: 26^th July 2019 by 2:00pm

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